baptista · Mar 22, 2013

hello,
going to change the right side wishbone ball-joint,
wondering if it would be easier to remove the wishbone from the car and do it on the workbench?
did the left-side some years ago (without removing the wishbone from the car) and it was a pain to drill the old ball-joint out.

any thoughts would be appreciated.

thanks
Miguel Baptista

Nodge68 · Mar 22, 2013

I remove the wishbone as it's much easier to drill out the rivets with my pillar drill!!

Irishrover · Mar 22, 2013

Nodge68 said:
I remove the wishbone as it's much easier to drill out the rivets with my pillar drill!!

:behindsofa:

I'll second that !!
It's just too much hassle trying to drill them properly and straight under the wheel arch without breaking the drill or drilling out of line.
Let's face it, you only have to do it once so why not do the job easier and correctly ???

baptista · Mar 22, 2013

ok, I'll try it that way.

"I'll be back!"

Nodge68 · Mar 22, 2013

The rivets are hard as a hard thing so use lots of oil or the drill will burn out

roccotune · Mar 22, 2013

Nodge68 said:
The rivets are hard as a hard thing so use lots of oil or the drill will burn out

This has just reminded me why I ended up using new wishbones on my dads freelander, I couldn't remember why I had left over ball joints but it because the rivets were so bloody hard!

baptista · Mar 22, 2013

couldn't get the f****** thing off, front bolt didn't move a bit,
tomorrow down to a friend's garage with elevator and impact wrench!!!
working on the car without having my back on the pavement is unusual and all it will take is some beers as payment.

englishbullterrier · Mar 23, 2013

baptista · Mar 23, 2013

at last it came out,

after grinder and drill ball-joint out of wishbone, old and new

fitted!!!

Irishrover · Mar 24, 2013

Job well done !!
It's worth the effort and if you need to change them again things will be a lot easier.

baptista · Mar 25, 2013

Irishrover said:
... if you need to change them again...

left side was 10 years old when I did it in 2010, this one was 13 so I hope not having to worry about them for some time.

mick 1986 · Mar 27, 2013

How much are the ball joints? I'm thinking of picking up some and doing them before the MOT is due.

matt1295 · Mar 27, 2013

Carparts4less list them for my freelander for £11.52 each delivered

mick 1986 · Mar 27, 2013

That's cheap! Thanks for that, much appreciated.

matt1295 · Mar 27, 2013

i have managed to get a clutch and flywheel for my old tdci for only £300 from there where as everywhere else wanted 350 for the flywheel alone and its always my first port of call for steering and suspension parts and service parts are cheap to

matt1295 · Mar 27, 2013

Free nextday delivery aswell

when you order from them you will get a Eurocarparts box its because if the same company just a **** load cheaper lol

Hippo · Feb 15, 2015

How did you get the ball joint bolt out of the bottom of the brake. I'm doing mine and can't get it to move. Nut is undone.

JRNORWAY · Feb 15, 2015

Not sure what this tool is called in english:

But hook it on the ball joint and hit it with a hammer. The bigger the better.

daveabz · Feb 15, 2015

A ball joint splitter?

Oldyam · Feb 15, 2015

Only that type wont fit in the space available

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